A dazzling display of the Milky Way at Cuckmere Haven and a hauntingly beautiful shot of the legendary Chanctonbury Ring are among the winners of a South Downs competition.

While landscapes and wildlife usually come to mind when thinking about units of the National Park System, there are national ...

The self-made world-class astronomer and community houses manager talks to PJ TAYLOR about her amazing galactic journey.

A double winner in this year’s photo contest was Giles Embleton-Smith, from Eastbourne, who won both the ‘Life at Night’ category with a ‘hauntingly beautiful’ and ‘eerie’ image of Chanctonbury Ring, ...

Nestled in the heart of Michigan’s northern wilderness, Onaway State Park is a hidden gem that’s about to become your new ...

Sagittarius A* has been seen by human eyes with an "image produced by a global research team called the Event Horizon ...

Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. See W.M. Keck Observatory imagery of X7 ...

New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...

Does the LMC have a supermassive black hole (SMBH) that's ejecting some HVSs into the Milky Way? Most stars in the Milky Way travel at about 100 km/s, whereas HVSs can travel as quickly as about ...

making it twice as long as the width of the Milky Way. Even more surprisingly, the black hole that powers the quasar from which this jet erupts, designated J1601+3102, is relatively small.

Its appearance in the sky during the spring and summer months is often referred to as “Milky Way season,” but it contains smaller treats within its expanse. While numerous Milky Way ...